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Neurot Recordings, Robotic Empire, Temporary Residence Limited and Important Records are proud to announce that Portland, Oregon’s GRAILS are finally making their way to the East Coast for a solid week’s worth of live performances. Their first time east of the Mississippi, GRAILS will be joined by the Boston-based experi-metal octet KAYO DOT.

Upon completing the tour, GRAILS will return to Portland to prepare for their upcoming album on Temporary Residence Limited, titled “Burning Off Impurities”. This is currently scheduled for a March 2007 release, and more information and MP3 clips will be posted soon. To hear some recently released material from the “Black Tar Prophecies 1, 2, & 3″ CD, please visit one of the following websites:

Boston experimetal octet KAYO DOT are about to hit the road for their second-annual two month pilgrimage across the North American continent. Like last year’s lengthy voyage, they’ll be playing in an interesting variety of locations, with a diverse pallet of bands and artists. Here are the dates:

The remainder of the dates are still being scheduled, and CMJ will be happening in there somewhere towards the end of October/beginning of November as a Neurot Recordings / Robotic Empire split showcase. After the labels know, the info will be posted.

** If you (or someone reliable that you know) can help out with any of the “PLEASE HELP!” shows, please get in touch with the band via email, mia [at] kayodot [dot] net or through Myspace, www.myspace.com/KayoDot ** Thank you!

Hello again… this is Robotic Empire informing you that we now have the new gatefold double-LP from Boston’s KAYO DOT available. This is the deluxe vinyl version of their sophomore album Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue that we released on CD earlier this year… and it turned out really, really well. Full-color gatefold jackets (with an added metallic copper color), colored vinyl, the works.

To take it up a notch, we’re doing another pre-order package option for this jam… yep, if you like shirts, you’ll be stoked. We’ve got an awesome 4-color exclusive t-shirt design for this pre-order package, which we’ll be printing up on American Apparel 100% cotton t-shirts again! Enough blabbering here, if you’re interested in this there is way more information (and lots of photos) here:

We also figured out the PayPal wizardry so you can order other Online Store items from us along with this if you like, and we just added a bunch of awesome new items, t-shirts and a few restock to our Online Store:

And last but not least, a few photos of the colored vinyl… (pressing info is listed on the pre-order page):

p.s. oops, almost forgot… everyone who wants to order with an eCheck, rest assured we’re taking care of you better this time. eCheck orders are a pain in the butt (because we have to wait for them to clear), but if you order colored vinyl as an eCheck, we’ll do our best to make sure you get it. thanks!

Boston’s “avant-metal” octet KAYO DOT return to the road this January, hot on the heels of a seven-week, full-US tour this past fall. A shorter journey this time, the band will be on the road a lot this year in support of their sophomore album, “Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue” (Robotic Empire). Here are the latest round of dates:

“Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue” is available now through both the band and label, and will hit stores and distros everywhere January 10th. Until then, it can be ordered directly from the label and sample MP3s have been posted at the following locations:

Hello again everyone, this could be considered a bit overdue (and it is) but we have been traveling a lot lately, mostly on tour with thrash-merchants Municipal Waste, so apologies for delays. Enough of that though, let’s get down to business because a lot is going on:

* New Releases *KAYO DOT – Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue CDThis is not available to stores and distros until January 10th, but the band has just completed a 7-week tour with this massive album and we want to make it available to the general public ASAP because this thing is incredible. Five tracks spanning 60 minutes of some of the most interesting, unique and downright powerful music that the intelligent & extreme underground music worlds have seen in years. We always hype things up, yes, but this deserves the praise and much, much more. Click here for more descriptive info, MP3s, and/or to order:https://www.roboticempire.com/record.php?id=580

PINK RAZORS – Waiting To Wash Up CDAgain, not available to stores and distros until January 10th but we wanted you to have access to this blistering album ASAP! It’s 15 tracks of furiously catchy punk rock all in roughly 22 minutes, so as you can tell, not a single song breaks the two-minute mark. Incredible songwriting, incredible hooks, incredible lyrics… you might go as far as calling this debut album “incredible”. But don’t just take our word for it, click here to listen to MP3s, read our snazzy description and/or order this badass jam:https://www.roboticempire.com/record.php?id=596

PAGENINETYNINE – Document #8 (reissue) CD and limited LPThe coffin is still firmly nailed shut, but that didn’t stop us, or the band, or engineer Kurt Ballou (from some little band called Convey or something) from diving head-first back into the original reels and fully re-mix and re-master this baby from the ground up. The drums sound way better, the basses can actually be heard instead of just felt and other elements have been toned up as well. However, this wasn’t done for people who already own the album… honestly, it doesn’t sound THAT different (just, better) but it was done for all those who don’t yet have this essential album… considered by many to be the band’s best release. We went all out on this one too, the CD version is housed in a beautiful deluxe digipak with expanded 16-page booklet, and the LP version comes in a hand-screened cover with a variety of limited colors available. A more formal description, MP3 and ordering info can be found here:https://www.roboticempire.com/record.php?id=591

(The PG.99 vinyl will probably go pretty dern fast, but we will have vinyl versions of the KAYO DOT and PINK RAZORS albums in the coming months as well)

* Online Store Updates*Well being on tour didn’t stop us from trading for a TON of awesome new releases and restocks from some of today’s raddest independent labels. We also hunted down the somewhat infamous tech/chaos band THE SAWTOOTH GRIN and extracted all remaining copies of their pummeling “Cuddlemonster” CD (yep, we’re the only distro now that has any copies at all) as well as about a million other rad items, including but not limited to:

As you might’ve noticed, some of our older releases are in there as well. Well we just cleaned our office and found a few copies of some random stuff (Robotic Empire Sampler #1, A Life Once Lost – Open Your Mouth For The Speechless CD reissue) so if you want them and/or any of the rest of this burly music, we highly implore you to head on over to our Online Store and order away… because the holidays are coming and we’re going to stop processing orders on the 20th (or so) so we can go visit family and all that. So that gives you roughly two weeks to stock up on obscure independent music to blast in front of the ‘rents, thus ruining Christmas. Or not, we don’t know what holidays our customers may or may not celebrate. We don’t think much about demographics and don’t even really consider you “customers” anyway… more like rabid music fans like us, and that’s why we try to keep our prices cheap (remember, all those prices listed above are US Media Mail postage paid [by us! ]). But look, now Robotic Empire is rambling and it’s more important that we not waste any more of your time. That being said, you can also un-subscribe to this list (or order killer music) on the front page of our Online Store:

* Tours *But wait, there’s more! TORCHE is back on the road again after just catching their breath following their full US tour with the massive groups KYLESA and COLISEUM. These guys just don’t know how to slow down, already having recorded the better half of a brand new album! That’s right folks, start salivating now because come Spring or Summer we are going to have TORCHE’s next record in your hands. And don’t it beat all, but the new material is simply INCREDIBLE! Spring or Summer… that sure sounds great right about now… but until then the only way you can hear these unbelievably awesome new jams is to catch them live:

OK so now this is getting ridiculous and we refuse to clog up your inbox any further. In the next few days we hope to get the main page of our website updated so you can know all the haps with all our bands, as well as the updated info on upcoming releases from GRAILS, RED SPAROWES, CAPSULE, ULTRA DOLPHINS and more. Keep an eye out on www.roboticempire.com but in the meantime definitely hit up our Online Store for all the latest in our new releases:

Boston, Massachusetts’ eight-man (and woman) avant-metal group KAYO DOT have completed their new album, Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue, their first for Robotic Empire and followup to 2003’s debut Choirs of the Eye on Tzadik. This beast of an album spans 60 minutes and will be available everywhere on January 10th, 2006. Several clips have been posted in the following locations: